4 ANAGLYPTA (a gay plant)* Phi helped us with anagrams for some of the less common words – this was my last answer – a proprietary name for a type of wallpaper.

9 UNDER FELT A sort of cryptic definition that I liked a lot

10 RE(E)VE ever<

11 NO GREAT SHAKES

14 L (m)UTE

15 CR (ASHES) OUT (court)* The Ashes from cricket

18 S(P)EC TA(C)LES p = power c = college

19 (c)ANON

21 PENTLAND FIRTH (planned thrift)* Not familiar to me, so pleased to work it out when I’d sufficient crossing letters – guessed the second part might be ‘firth’

24 Cliff LEFT

25 BEE TH (OV)EN first quarter of OVerture

27 WI (SEC RA) CK

28 N IECE (dECEIt)<

DOWN

1 JOURNALIST (Major insul)*

2 NO D feed with no d = fee = cost

3 TURKEY Double definition

4 ALEATORIC (locate air)*

5 A ITCH The letter H

6 L (OR) IKE ET

7 POETS CORN ER (Corpse not)*

8 AXE L

12 G (Gran’s top) (UTTER) PRESS

13 ST (ONE HEN) GE (e.g.)<

16 STE (I) N BECK nets< beck = stream (N England)

17 STENOTIC (etc is not)* Another new word I worked out from the anagram – medical term

20 A F (G H) AN Subtle one that I liked a lot – the clue splits seamlessly at interior/of with “of Asian country” being the definition

22 LIB R A Strange surface, though I suppose it could happen

23 S (C) OW

26 VI (c)E c = criminal’s leader (first letter)

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